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Re: The B & O product/object that made you fall for them?

Steffen — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:27:15 GMT

In the mid 70's I saw a Beogram 1203 in the window by one of the local Hi-Fi/TV shops. It was just so amazing -I had to have one. I was only about 12-13 years old, but around 1 year later I bought one for my saved up money, earned as a errand boy.
Shortly after I bought a BeoMaster 901. A few years later, the 901 was replaced with a 2400 -and then i needed a Beogram 2402. Then i bought my first B&O speakers -a pair of second-hand S60's. I still had no tapedeck -but when the Beocord 8000 came, I had to have one of those.
Then a System3300 - which around 1990 was replaced by a System4500. And so on...

Back then, I sold the old units when I bought new -or swapped them. But within the last 7-8 years I have started to collect second hand B&O, and have got a lot of the old stuff again

Re: The B & O product/object that made you fall for them?

Karel Uyttendaele — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:36:22 GMT

I was 15 when I first saw an BeoCenter 9500 together with RedLine speakers... From that moment on I knew that one day I would own a B&O system... :-) 11years later I bought an Ouverture + MX7000 :-)

Re: The B & O product/object that made you fall for them?

sodoi18 — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:10:59 GMT

Until recently (early 2010) I was not even aware of the Brand B&O.

One pleasant evening I was browsing through my BMW Owners magazine and there in the centre page was the Beosound 5. The whole set-up caught my attention and I began to find out more on the prices. Ofocurse it was a sticker shock when I found the price of these pieces of art. Thus began my effort to collect B&O stuff.

I was a bose user until then, still I am in my other rooms. I got the Besound 1 to test the product and fell in love with the difference in sound quality - at least compared to Bose.

I slowly added a used BeoSystem 2500 and was blown away by the sliding doors and sound quality of the BL2500. Then I replaced the speakers with Beolab 4000. Curently I have the Ouverture connected to the B4000 in living room...which I love listening to every day!!

I am going to test the Beovox RL60.2 through a beolink passive this weekend - I am excited!!!

One day would want to add the BL8000/BL6000 with a woofer

Other products I have Include the Beosystem 1, Beocom 6000, BL2000, Beoport, Beolink Wireless, A8,

Re: The B & O product/object that made you fall for them?

david coyne — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:16:20 GMT

If my memory is correct, I had not long moved to Australia in 80's, early 90's and wandered passed the B&O store that existed back then in Bondi Junction. I was amazed at what i think was a beocentre 9000/9500.

Then nothing further until I needed some new phones for my house about 5 years ago- i fell in love with the beocom 6000 and beotalk 1200. Within a week I'd bought another phone for upstairs. Within a year I was hooked and frustrated that I couldnt control my existing tv and stereo with the beocom 6000- i just had to buy more B&O.

Welcome the beocentre 2, this was my next purchase, along with a lovely pair of beolab 9's and a beovision 6-26 tv....

More of course followed, including another tv, various beolits, beograms and accessories...

David

Re: The B & O product/object that made you fall for them?

Eugene — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:14:04 GMT

Back in 1978 or so I was at Peaches Records in Broadripple and they had what I would guess was a Beosystem 1900 on display with a pair of Beovox on trumpet stands. I was amazed, like a lot of people have already said I thought it looked like something from Star Trek/Star Wars. There simply was nothing else like it at the time.

Later on my brother in law had a Beomaster 4400 Which I would gaze at and admire its design. Sadly he had it hooked up to cheap/undersized set of Technics speakers.

I bought my first set a few years back it was a Beosystem 3000 (80's). Loved its looks but was completely floored by the Beogram CDX. I remeber connecting up a couple different modern CD players to the Beomaster and comparing the sound quality to that of the CDX.

Its styling, display and keypad layout, top loading drwer. soud quality still amazes me today.

I was hooked.. still am.

Re: The B & O product/object that made you fall for them?

beocool — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:25:56 GMT

In the mid 80's I saw a picture of a Beogram 3000 and knew at that point I wanted to have B&O in my life. The first B&O product I saw in real life was a Beocenter 9000. Like you Cooldude I've been hooked ever since...

Re: The B & O product/object that made you fall for them?

cooldude — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:14:46 GMT

For me it was more of gradual process.

First noticed the beosystem 5500 system, simply the best designed stackable ever.

After that seeing the fantastic beocenter 9000 and the beolab 5000 speakers .
For me still some of the best designed items ever.

Really fell for the beolab800 and the magic doors of the ouverture. Been hooked ever since....

Re: The B & O product/object that made you fall for them?

Chrisreunion — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:59:23 GMT

BeoSystem 2500 for me, I was a student in Paris and saw this while browsing in St-Germain, I wanted to buy it right away.

It was so different from all the rest that was produced at that time, and I started collecting the catalogues from this moment.

Re: The B & O product/object that made you fall for them?

Hughie — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:23:04 GMT

mine, like others was the BeoCentre 2300 and a pair of 6000's - have updated the 2300 to the Beosound4 but still have the 6000's bought 16 years ago and still magic :)

Re: The B & O product/object that made you fall for them?

Marc — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:14:31 GMT

Definately Beolab 5 and Beoasound 9000. I fell in love with the unusual design and high quality from the very first moment I saw BL5 in a B&O shop in Munich. SInce then I never regretted my purchase and started adding on B&O items.

Re: The B & O product/object that made you fall for them?

Large48 — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:04:27 GMT

Beocentre 9000 especially when I saw the Toshiba copy!!!

Re: The B & O product/object that made you fall for them?

Jonathan — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:40:28 GMT

For me it was a BC9500 with matching 9500 turntable at a friend's place. His house was wired with CX 100s in every room except for a few rooms that had IWS. I drooled every time I went to his house, but he never let me play with the remote (a Beolink 1000) or touch the 9500

He now asks me for advice on all B&O, and all of his CXs have foam rot.... The system still looks magnificent though!

Since I have become an adult (and have $$), B&O has consumed me.... and I love it!!

Re: The B & O product/object that made you fall for them?

elephant — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:14:35 GMT

vikinger:

Jandyt:

What a brilliant thread!
I wish I'd thought of this for a Wed thred©

Andy T.

Were Wed thred© rules different in 2008???

exactly my thought :)

a thread that was a chorus of whoop-whoops

Re: The B & O product/object that made you fall for them?

Søren Hammer — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:01:08 GMT

I definitely fell for the Beogram 8002, and later the Beogram 4002, immensely beautiful machines...

-Søren

Re: The B & O product/object that made you fall for them?

vikinger — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:02:38 GMT

Jandyt:

What a brilliant thread!
I wish I'd thought of this for a Wed thred©

Andy T.